Don’t interfere in internal affairs: Lanka to UN chief

Last Updated: Monday, May 24, 2010, 15:50

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Don’t interfere in internal affairs: Lanka to UN chief

New York: Sri Lanka on Monday asked UN chief Ban Ki-moon not to interfere in its internal affairs and not to go ahead with the probe into alleged war crimes by its Army against the defeated LTTE, amidst an international clamour by rights groups for an independent inquiry.

"...There is no justification legal or moral for this step (UN probe) to be taken at this time," Foreign Minister GL Peiris said ahead of his maiden meeting with Ban.

"Don't complicate matters at this stage. It's not going to do any good. It has the potential of doing real harm in a situation where the government of Sri Lanka, against overwhelming odds, is trying to move the processes forward," he said.

Peiris said he will ask Ban not to interfere in the internal matters of Sri Lanka and allow Colombo to conduct a domestic probe into the issue.

Peiris, who is on his first official visit to the United States and is set to hold talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, noted that the appointment of a foreign panel will lead to confusion in the investigation and resentment among the public.

For the past two months, Ban has been in the process of finding experts for an advisory panel that will counsel him on what accountability issues that arise with regards to alleged human rights abuses that took place in the months leading to the government defeating the LTTE in May 2009.

Last week, a new report by the Brussels based International Crisis Group (IRC) accused Colombo of being responsible for the large-scale loss of civilian lives and blamed the UN for "failing" to seek accountability.

"Evidence gathered by Crisis Group provides reasonable grounds to believe that government security forces repeatedly and intentionally violated the law by attacking civilians, hospitals and humanitarian operations," the report said.

Last week, Sri Lanka had announced constitution of a 'reconciliation commission' to probe rights abuses during the last seven years of war with the Tamil Tigers amid mounting pressure from international groups.

The three decade war ended when Sri Lankan Army launched their final assault on the Tamil Tigers killing their supremo Vellupillai Prabhakaran.

PTI

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First Published: Monday, May 24, 2010, 15:50

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LankaLiar - afganistan
sri lanka killed raped kidnapped and committed all human-rights violations internally. the only thing it did externally is lying. so as prof. pee ris say un should not interfere in sri lanka. un is only for external affairs not internal affairs. pol pot saddam idi amin all committed internal crimes.so why cant you allow sri lanka to commit crime internally. now 3000 years before christ so many war crimes were committed why cant the un investigate the war crimes. prof. pee please keep the lieon flag flying high.

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athula - sydney
those who support ltte , can you call un probe on war crimes, in irac and in afganisthan done by us and uk army recently. please do not poit your finger to other there are 4 pointing to u. watch killing in afganisthan recorded by apachy helicopter by us in wikileakes please and send it to un sec general

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R.P Kumarasiri - Dubai United Arab Emirates
i am totaly agree with mr selvarajh statement.happened is happened and whatever lost in three decate is lost for our citizen in sl.now we should think to rebuild the country rather than bleming each others.dispite all the bullshits come from timil diaspora and moon we will show our unity again to the world.

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kanth - malaysia
i find the reasoning given by some people here is just outright outrages. just because they want things to carry on as it is and pretend that no human rights abuses ever took place doesn’t mean investigation should be stopped. only those have something to hide will never allow any sort of fact finding mission to take place citing ‘have to move on, too late etc’ what about the innocent victims? (and i mean both tamils and sinhalese alike) un has stressed that investigation must be carried out to investigate human rights abuses allegedly committed by both sides so why all the fuss? truth should always prevail in order for a nation to heal no matter how rotten the truth might be.

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Liberal - Colombo
yes un can appoint an independent commission for that.

the same commision can be used to prosecute us and uk military for killing afgan aand iraq civilains

all drone attacks, abu guhad, , they all have a place in history

the difference is uk and us still cannot finish off the talibans, and sri lankan government has clean up ltte mess which has had air forces, see wing and special forces.

its a shame on west, rather than looking at terrorism in color glasses, for the political reasons looking countries like sri lankan with a terrorists prefix.

amnesty international used the cement quote to build bunkers for ltte, so those who know the facts, know where the ltte got resources and support

the world can prosecute sri lanka,
but for sri lankans who live there, its a land like no other.

in uk, us, the live is still with terrorists, and we are so glad we dont have that issues, we are sure any one who go to work come home with out a victim of a bomb.
the west will never realize it

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Dhathusena - UK
i believe crime is a crime whoever done and let`s face it.if governement troops have indulged in some collateral damage to civilians during the terminal phase of the battle they should be able to justify it considering the ground realities.however if some elements were involved with cold blooded murders beyond the accepted boundaries i think no harm bringing them in front of justice as at the end of the day human rights should be respected by all means.sri lanka is no exception.my question is when israel army openly bombed and massacred palastenians in front of wider public eye why these mouth pieces were silent.why do they open when a poor country with the greatest difficulty eliminated a ruthless terrorist menace.they should at the same breadth investigate israel ,american and british war crimes altogether.i saw in a movie clip an american chopper exsecute a group of arab cameramen just for fun.even a toddler could idenify them as noncombatants.these are grave war crimes as well.have these organizations raised their voice against such barbaric acts.answer is clear``no``.please point your fingers to everybody who commit war crimes.not just only us. then you will get some respect from us.otherwise just leave us alone.

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sinhales are baby killeres - eelam
k pan
i think you need to wake up and smel the coffee bud.where youlearnt to be a comedian.
itwas a good joke ltte start to attack first the peace loving sinhales.body could you tell me who kiiled and so many innocent tamil people in 1977 in anuradapura. i should also remind you that time sadly no ltte to be blame.
wake up and smel the coffee.oh sorry, may be for you sinhales cup of tamil blood.

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K Pan - UK
the tamil tiger terrorists started guerrilla war against the government troops and the peace loving people. most of the tamils now living in western countries used the conflict for their economic benefits. they immigrated to these countries posing as asylum seekers and refugees.many of them were professionals in various fields benefited from free education in sri lanka.some of them were cold blooded killers (who killed thousands of civilians, unarmed sinhalese and muslim farmers, women and children in border villages)human trafficking was one of the tactics the ltte used to increase their headcounts to create a powerful influence on politicians in these countries.they used their vast wealth to get the political support and buy weaponry to destroy the infra-structure and economy of the country.
unfortunately the ltte is still active in canada,australia,us,uk and eu countries. the ltte plans to gain notoriety by falsely claiming genocide to gain sympathy from the countries they live in.the government and the army forces of sri lanka saved the country and its citizen from tamil tiger terror menace that had been terrorising the country and its people over three decades.any responsible government in the world takes the the same action to save the county country from terrorists. if mr moon has a common sense he should not bow to the pressure coming from the groups of front runners of the ltte.

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kate - London
it is important for un to investigate otherwise the army will carry on killing behind closed doors. this is why they got all the journalist out so that they can carry out the murders without witnesses. tamils seek justice otherwise you all are going to get killed by these culprits.

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sinhales are baby killers - eelam
imagine the foreign minister for nazis come to new york telling un don’t interfere in our internal matters and ``don`t complicate matters at this stage. it`s not going to do any good. it has the potential of doing real harm in a situation where the government of germany, against overwhelming odds, is trying to move the processes forward,`` after cold bloodedly killing and detaining so many jews.
well it‘s sound ridiculous right. that is what the mouth piece for sri lankan government gl peris is saying today in new york. what a pathetic scum of the earth.
if and when mahinda & co put hand behind their back these scrums also do the same